Citation

Bhugra D, Gupta S, Bhui K, Craig T, Dogra N, Ingleby JD, Kirkbride J, Moussaoui D, Nazroo J, Qureshi A, Stompe T, Tribe R. World Psychiatry 2011; 10(1): 2-10.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2011, World Psychiatric Association, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1002/j.2051-5545.2011.tb00002.x

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

The purpose of this guidance is to review currently available evidence on mental health problems in migrants and to present advice to clinicians and policy makers on how to provide migrants with appropriate and accessible mental health services. The three phases of the process of migration and the relevant implications for mental health are outlined, as well as the specific problems of groups such as women, children and adolescents, the elderly, refugees and asylum seekers, and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals. The concepts of cultural bereavement, cultural identity and cultural congruity are discussed. The epidemiology of mental disorders in migrants is described. A series of recommendations to policy makers, service providers and clinicians aimed to improve mental health care in migrants are provided, covering the special needs of migrants concerning pharmacotherapies and psychotherapies.

Language: en

Keywords

human; suicide; migration; Suicide; Mental health services; Schizophrenia; Mental health; schizophrenia; suicide attempt; lithium; Common mental disorders; posttraumatic stress disorder; review; fatigue; mental disease; mental health care; health care delivery; health care quality; tricyclic antidepressant agent; priority journal; health care access; cultural factor; practice guideline; haloperidol; extrapyramidal symptom; ethnic difference; drug response; immigrant; polydipsia; polyuria; herbaceous agent; cultural deprivation; Migrants; Psychotherapies; Cultural bereavement; Cultural congruity; Cultural identity; Pharmacotherapies